Evolution of feline immunodeficiency virus in Felidae: Implications for human health and wildlife ecology

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 32-44

  Pecon Slattery, Jill ^a   Troyer, Jennifer L ^b   Johnson, Warren E ^a   O'Brien, Stephen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Felidae; FIV; Lion

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FELIDAE; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; GENOME, VIRAL; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; PHYLOGENY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; OTOCOLOBUS MANUL;

EID: 43049153392     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.01.010     Document Type: Review

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